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This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Norton Utilities Ultimate. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2024-13962.

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Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate Version 24.2.16862.6344 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via the creation of a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

Remedy

Upgrade to the below versions, or newer, released 19/Dec/2024 * Norton Utilities 24.3 SU1 - 24.3.17165.6812 * Avast Cleanup 24.3-SU1 - 24.3.17165.19178 * AVG TuneUp 24.3-SU1 - 24.3.17165.10564
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